(70) Panopaea
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Dec 2025	13.7	2.654 AU	3.174 AU	14h17m	-08°38'	50.2°	16.5°
Opposition	16 May 2026	10.9	2.361 AU	1.351 AU	15h29m	-21°46'	177.2°	1.2°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Panopaea are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1830438
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6135226
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.59683
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 47.63785
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 255.44756
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 269.56600
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 122.79541
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.21987
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.23            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   14 17 05.1   -08 38 39     3.174    2.654   50.2   16.5   293   13.7 
2025-12-17 16:05 UT   14 18 03.4   -08 44 25     3.166    2.652   50.6   16.7   293   13.7 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   14 18 32.1   -08 47 15     3.162    2.652   50.8   16.7   293   13.7 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   14 19 58.9   -08 55 48     3.149    2.650   51.4   16.9   293   13.7 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   14 21 25.6   -09 04 18     3.137    2.648   52.1   17.0   293   13.7 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   14 22 52.1   -09 12 45     3.124    2.646   52.7   17.2   293   13.7 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   14 24 18.4   -09 21 09     3.111    2.644   53.3   17.4   292   13.7 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   14 25 44.5   -09 29 29     3.099    2.642   53.9   17.5   292   13.7 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   14 27 10.4   -09 37 47     3.086    2.640   54.6   17.7   292   13.6 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   14 28 36.1   -09 46 02     3.073    2.638   55.2   17.8   292   13.6 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   14 30 01.6   -09 54 13     3.060    2.636   55.9   18.0   292   13.6 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   14 31 26.8   -10 02 21     3.047    2.635   56.5   18.1   291   13.6 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   14 32 51.8   -10 10 27     3.033    2.633   57.1   18.3   291   13.6 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   14 34 16.6   -10 18 29     3.020    2.631   57.8   18.4   291   13.6 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   14 35 41.2   -10 26 28     3.007    2.629   58.4   18.6   291   13.6 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   14 37 05.5   -10 34 23     2.993    2.627   59.1   18.7   291   13.6 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   14 38 29.5   -10 42 16     2.980    2.625   59.7   18.9   291   13.6 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   14 39 53.3   -10 50 05     2.966    2.623   60.4   19.0   290   13.6 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   14 41 16.8   -10 57 52     2.952    2.621   61.0   19.2   290   13.6 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   14 42 40.1   -11 05 35     2.939    2.619   61.7   19.3   290   13.6 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   14 44 03.0   -11 13 14     2.925    2.617   62.3   19.4   290   13.6 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   14 45 25.7   -11 20 51     2.911    2.615   63.0   19.6   290   13.6 
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   14 46 48.0   -11 28 25     2.897    2.613   63.6   19.7   290   13.6 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   14 48 10.1   -11 35 55     2.883    2.611   64.3   19.8   289   13.5 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.